The US soldier who gunned down 16 Afghan villagers including women and children on Sunday was identified as Staff Sergeant Robert Bales.
As China's Communist Party government continues to ramp up surveillance on political dissidents, it is becoming increasingly questionable ethically for the companies that provide it with the relevant technology and services. One such company, owned by the Mitt Romney-founded private equity firm Bain Capital, stands to profit from the country's domestic security boom.
The Violence Against Women Act is at the center of an explosive debate in Congress this week. The bill has been authorized twice since its introduction in 1994, but this time Republicans are putting up a fight. Either way, things are looking up for Senate Democrats.
Apple's stock market gains have been overshadowed by media exposes revealing labor violations at Apple's Foxconn supply chain in China, but some facts have been deemed as fabrications by This American Life.
Former New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte, who retired in 2010, is returning to play after signing a one-year minor league deal with the Yankees. Jack Curry of the YES Network confirmed that the pitcher signed a deal worth $2.5 million.
A controversial secret provision of the Patriot Act is not as vital to national security as the government claims, two Democratic senators said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.
Both Puerto Rico and Missouri will be having their caucuses this weekend, but don't expect a big boost for Rick Santorum by Monday.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the Obama administration has failed to live up to goal of being the most transparent administration ever during an executive meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The DeltaWing is a Nissan-powered race car that will race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, from June 16-17, an endurance race that lasts a full day. The Batmobile-looking racer took its first test drive in the United State before it ships off to France for the marathon race.
Greg Smith resignation letter describing toxic atmosphere at investment bank undermines goodwill.
Last weekend's shootings have damaged already-strained U.S.-Afghan relations, with President Hamid Karzai calling for American troops to pull back from rural areas and the Taliban suspending peace talks.
Widening the realms of art and creativity is the new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum coined the Art of Video Games.
Path, one of the fastest growing social media platforms, snagged another major boost in credibility this week: Britney Spears has joined the network. The world-famous pop star tweeted out to her fans about her new Path account on Monday.
James Whittaker, a Microsoft executive who recently left Google after about three years, posted his Why I Left Google tell-all on a Microsoft blog a day before Greg Smith had his scathing Goldman Sachs op-ed posted in the New York Times. The Smith op-ed has taken the Internet and news world by storm in the first 24 hours since being posted. A London based executive director for the investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, Smith fired off a searing report March 14 on the company's toxic and des...
The retirement letter from Goldman Sachs Executive Director Greg Smith, which was published as an op-ed in the New York Times on Tuesday, has been the talk of the town and likely reason the company lost market value on Wednesday.
Outside money isn't the only thing shaping this protracted, unpredictable primary. There's also the simple matter of how states award the delegates that are crucial to securing the nomination.
Whenever any event occurs, it seems like the Japanese create a short animated, albeit ridiculous, video about the subject. And of course, they even found a way to animate Greg Smith's op-ed about Goldman Sachs.
Why did Greg Smith's resignation letter go viral on the Internet?
The conservative radio host provoked the advertiser pullout by calling law student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute after she had discussed with members of Congress her support of insurance coverage for contraceptives.
The shares of Goldman Sachs dropped 3.4 percent in New York trading Wednesday, wiping $2.15 billion off its market value following allegations made by a former company executive that the firm took little interest in the clients and was also involved in exploiting them.
American sergeant who shot dead 16 Afghan villagers while they slept flown back to US base.
Greg Smith did not choose the subtle approach for his exit from Goldman Sachs, where he had worked for 12 years. Instead, Greg Smith decided to post his resignation letter in The New York Times for the entire world to read. The resignation letter, entitled "Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs," included scathing commentary on the "toxic" environment at the bank, its lack of "moral fiber" and the "muppets" who work there.
